見立てる

みたてるmitateru

liken

Ichidan verb, group 2.

Conjugated like いる, 見る, 得る, ねじれる, 住み慣れる, 貼り付ける

Newbie

The polite forms to talk about now, the future, and the past, and the te-form of requests.

  1. Polite present · -masu

    What you do, usually or soon, said politely. Japanese has one form for the present and the future.

    1. affirmative見立てますみたてますmitatemasu
    2. negative見立てませんみたてませんmitatemasen

  2. Polite past · -mashita

    What you did, or did not do, said politely.

    1. affirmative見立てましたみたてましたmitatemashita
    2. negative見立てませんでしたみたてませんでしたmitatemasen deshita

  3. Te-form

    Links actions (and then…), and with ください asks politely.

    1. 見立ててみたててmitatete
    2. request見立ててくださいみたててくださいmitatete kudasai

  4. Let’s · -mashō

    To suggest doing something together: let’s…

    1. 見立てましょうみたてましょうmitatemashō

  5. Wanting to · -tai

    What you want to do. Add です to be polite.

    1. affirmative見立てたいみたてたいmitatetai
    2. negative見立てたくないみたてたくないmitatetakunai
BeginnerThe plain forms of everyday speech, what is going on, what you can do, conditions, and the passive.Plain present · dictionary form · Plain past · -ta · Ongoing · -te iru · Potential · If, when · -tara · PassiveAlso show the Beginner forms (6)

  1. Plain present · dictionary form

    Between friends and family, and before a noun or many phrases. It also says the future.

    1. affirmative見立てるみたてるmitateru
    2. negative見立てないみたてないmitatenai

  2. Plain past · -ta

    The past between friends and family, and before a noun.

    1. affirmative見立てたみたてたmitateta
    2. negative見立てなかったみたてなかったmitatenakatta

  3. Ongoing · -te iru

    What is going on now, a habit, or a state that lasts: 結婚している, to be married.

    1. plain見立てているみたてているmitatete iru
    2. polite見立てていますみたてていますmitatete imasu

  4. Potential

    What you can do. Its object often takes が: 日本語が話せる.

    1. plain見立てられるみたてられるmitaterareru
    2. polite見立てられますみたてられますmitateraremasu

  5. If, when · -tara

    If or once something happens, and what you found when it did.

    1. 見立てたらみたてたらmitatetara

  6. Passive

    What is done to someone, often to their regret: に marks who does it. It is also a respectful way to speak of others.

    1. plain見立てられるみたてられるmitaterareru
    2. polite見立てられますみたてられますmitateraremasu
IntermediateIntentions, orders, conditions, making someone do something, and the verbs of respect and modesty.Volitional · -ō, -yō · Command · Condition · -ba · Causative · Causative passiveAlso show the Intermediate forms (5)

  1. Volitional · -ō, -yō

    Let’s, between friends; with と思う, what you intend to do.

    1. 見立てようみたてようmitateyō

  2. Command

    A blunt order or ban (〜な), heard in sports, on signs, and between men. Politely, say 〜てください.

    1. order見立てろみたてろmitatero
    2. ban見立てるなみたてるなmitateru na

  3. Condition · -ba

    If…: the condition for what follows. In the negative, it also says what you must do: 〜なければならない.

    1. affirmative見立てればみたてればmitatereba
    2. negative見立てなければみたてなければmitatenakereba

  4. Causative

    Making or letting someone do something: に or を marks who does it.

    1. plain見立てさせるみたてさせるmitatesaseru
    2. polite見立てさせますみたてさせますmitatesasemasu

  5. Causative passive

    Being made to do something you did not want to. In speech, godan verbs often shorten -aserareru to -asareru.

    1. plain見立てさせられるみたてさせられるmitatesaserareru
    2. polite見立てさせられますみたてさせられますmitatesaseraremasu